sennheiser headphones broke.... have pic.... fixable? or will i need a new pair

this is more about computers i know, but I think i can get a good answer out here.

i had these bad boys plugged into a air plane jack and wasnt paying attention and bent the part of the headphones i still had in the jack. they are great headphones.... though they did cost 80$.... is there anyway to fix this? cheaply preferably? or should i just get some new ones




as you can see in the pic the plug part is missing the top part and slightly bent



so is thix fixable? could i send it into radio shack or something.... or will i have to buy some new headphones

If you still have the top part that came off, you could try soldering it back on (or have someone else do it if you don't know what you're doing), but I can't promise the audio quality would be near as fresh as an unbroken jack.
You could also try having the entire jack (the plug part) replaced, but again I don't know how successful it would be.
Were you under the influence when you did this?

If you still have the top part that came off, you could try soldering it back on (or have someone else do it if you don't know what you're doing), but I can't promise the audio quality would be near as fresh as an unbroken jack.
You could also try having the entire jack (the plug part) replaced, but again I don't know how successful it would be.
Were you under the influence when you did this?

hahaha i think i had taken some ambien.... it was a long flight to paris.... mainly just me being clumsy. yea i think im gonna call radio shack ina bit and see if they can replace it. (naw the top piece is still in the airplane socket lol)

That's fixable. Just buy a new 3.5mm plug and solder the leads in.

RadioShack Gold Series 1/8" Stereo Plug - RadioShack.com

That's fixable. Just buy a new 3.5mm plug and solder the leads in.

RadioShack Gold Series 1/8" Stereo Plug - RadioShack.com

oh word


only issue is i dont own a soldering gun... actually on radio shack.com right now i can get 1 for 8 bucks.... but im not that great with this technical stuff... haha and i dont wanna fuck the headphones up more so i gotta see if they can do it for me. but thanks for that link man +rep


saved me buying a new pair of headphones

Yeah. it'd be better to get someone to do it, and you WATCH. There's two ways to learn something: Doing it yourself (and probably making it worse) or watch someone who knows what they're doing.
I learned that the hard way. Many times.Makes for a more expensive fix at the end.

oh word


only issue is i dont own a soldering gun... actually on radio shack.com right now i can get 1 for 8 bucks.... but im not that great with this technical stuff... haha and i dont wanna fuck the headphones up more so i gotta see if they can do it for me. but thanks for that link man +rep


saved me buying a new pair of headphones

You need a techie friend . Totally worth fixing though.

You need a techie friend . Totally worth fixing though.

Everyone needs a techie friend. Especially one who accepts payment in the form of blunts.

Everyone needs a techie friend. Especially one who accepts payment in the form of blunts.

Yeah!!!

ok slight problem called radio shack... they have the stuff but wont fix it so i guess im gonna have to do it myself


here is a close up of the plug



should i pull it out with a needle nose pliers or something... or maybe twist it off.... then id have to soder the new piece in? i cant just stick it in lol

ok slight problem called radio shack... they have the stuff but wont fix it so i guess im gonna have to do it myself


here is a close up of the plug


should i pull it out with a needle nose pliers or something... or maybe twist it off.... then id have to soder the new piece in? i cant just stick it in lol

No, you need to cut off that end and solder the new one on to the remaining wires.

Once you cut the end off, strip back the black rubber coating (carefully). Then you'll see that underneath, there are two sets of two wires (positive/negative for left and right) and probably a ground wire. This is what gets soldered into the new connector.

Let me google that for you

No, you need to cut off that end and solder the new one on to the remaining wires.

Once you cut the end off, strip back the black rubber coating (carefully). Then you'll see that underneath, there are two sets of two wires (positive/negative for left and right) and probably a ground wire. This is what gets soldered into the new connector.

Let me google that for you

This guy know what I was gonna talk about

Soldering is not hard and it's hard to screw up, you should be fine using google to search how exactly to do it.

This guy know what I was gonna talk about

Soldering is not hard and it's hard to screw up, you should be fine using google to search how exactly to do it.

Soldering can be tricky for the first timer. Usual mistakes are not having the patience to wait until the iron is hot, and applying way to much solder.

Soldering plugs to wires can be a minor challenge, since you soon find you have at least one hand to little. What you need to do, is use stuff you have around you to make sure the plug do not move once you start soldering. A special soldering-rig is preferable, but those cost money.

But the procedure is simple, as HighMtnSkier said.

1: Cut the plug from the wire. Do so about an inch from where the wire meets the plug. That way you also get rid of the part of the wire that have been bent the most, and thus may be weak.

2: Strip the wire using a carpenters knife, side-cutters or a specialist tool. You don't need to strip more than about half an inch (1-2cm). Inside the wire you will find three conductors, left channel, right channel and ground. Left and right are colour coded, the ground is usually just a metal mesh surrounding the other two conductors. Strip the left and right conductors about 50mm, and twist the ground-mesh into a single strand.

3: Open your old plug to find out what conductor goes where. They are usually colour coded.

4: Thread the new plugs plastic protective jacket onto the wire. You'll do a face-palm later if you forget this...

5: Solder the conductors to their correct places inside the now exposed new plug. Easiest way is to melt a tiny bit of solder on the tip of the iron, thread the conductor to the little nook in the plug where it is supposed to be attached, and then touch it with the tip of the soldering iron until a small amount of solder have transferred. Let cool for a few seconds whilst you rinse the iron. Repeat with the other conductor, and finally solder the ground conductor to the metal protector.

6: Everything in place, and have cooled a bit, just screw or click the plastic protective jacket (depends on type) over the exposed plug, and you're done.

Should take 5 minutes or less.

I just love the smell of hot solder in the morning

well fuck after alot of hard work... i got it working..... in 1 ear..... it was my first time soldering so it wasnt pretty and i think in the end the blue and red wires got to close. but i found the name of a appliance repair guy who will do it.

well fuck after alot of hard work... i got it working..... in 1 ear..... it was my first time soldering so it wasnt pretty and i think in the end the blue and red wires got to close. but i found the name of a appliance repair guy who will do it.

It took me fuckin up a few projects before I learned. Expensive projects too.
I would suggest watching this guy and see what he does different from you, and see what you can learn from him.

I know soldering may be the way to go and all..

But you can just cut open those wires, and connect a new 3.5mm headphone jack and use electrical tape and it will work fine.

I've got tons of things rigged up that way and they don't get hot or malfunction at all.

I was intimidated by screwing with that kinda stuff at first too but now I realize its pretty simple stuff.

Being a musician I learned to solder through making jack cables, countless phono cables etc.

Btw. you shouldn't apply tin on the iron then transfer it to the plug, you should touch the part you want soldered with the iron then apply tin; in soldering tin there's a substance that cleans metal surfaces. Dirty surfaces means dirty connection and dirt doesn't dissapear when heated and tin can't bind on it.

i have doine this too sooo many headphones its rediculous. just peel the plastic back and rewire a new jack from ebay on it. soe can be tricky if you do it strait from a cut wire so peel plastic back on jack to do it, use a sharp knife.

i have doine this too sooo many headphones its rediculous. just peel the plastic back and rewire a new jack from ebay on it. soe can be tricky if you do it strait from a cut wire so peel plastic back on jack to do it, use a sharp knife.

I'd suggest using wire strippers. A knife a can be equally tricky if not experienced.